Female Iranian taekwondo practitioner Mona Abdi brought home a gold medal from the 10th Asian Junior Taekwondo Championships.
Head of Bukan Sports and Youth office Anvar Molla Rahimi said Abdi managed to defeat all her rivals in the weight category of – 41 kg to grab the gold medal of the minus 48 weight division at the 10th Asian Junior Taekwondo Championships.
The 10th Asian Junior Taekwondo Championships was held with the attendance of 331 athletes for two days in Amman, Jordan.
She hit her opponent from South Korea 29-7 and then overpowered the taekwondoka from Lebanon 33-11 to advance to the final stage, he added.
In the final match, she overshined her Thai rival 19-11 and received a gold medal, Rahimi recounted.
Earlier this month, Iranian taekwondo practitioner Mirhashem Hosseini managed to garner the gold medal in the weight category of minus 68 kg at the 30th Summer Universiade underway in the Italian city of the Naples.
In his first match, Hosseini defeated Mongolian rival 30-8. Then, he hit Taipei rival and advanced to quarter-finals.
After defeating, Croatian fighter in quarter-finals, he advanced to semi-final match.
He also defeated South Korean athlete and then hit Belgian rival in the final match.
Iranian team with 42 athletes took part in the competition of Universiade 2019.
The team had 62 members at the latest event of Universiade in Taiwan. They won 23 medals (8 gold, 4 silver and 11 bronze medals) and ranked 10th at the event.
The 30th edition of Universiade of university students will be underway until July 14 in Naples, Italy.
The Universiade is an international multi-sport event, organized for university athletes by the International University Sports Federation. The name is a combination of the words “University” and “Olympiad”.
Fars News Agency